Overweight babies

My friend is visiting for a few days and her 7 month old looks likes she's one. She seem very overweight. She is a ff fed baby, eats solids, but I think she's overfed. Also, she spit up like 10 times in an hour (big time). I never seen a baby spit up that much and she's also fussy all day. My Lo is ebf, but is it typical for ff babies to overeat and be more overweight than bf babies? She said she's normal weight, but no I've been around a ton of kids and after holding her I almost put her down mistakenly thinking she can walk.

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Generally ff babies are heavier and can be overfed because people try to get them to finish the bottle instead of reading baby's fullness cues. If the baby's doctor says she's in normal range though I wouldn't worry.

Yes, they can be over fed but just because a baby is big doesn't mean they are overweight. Some babies/children are large. My son was 24 lbs at 6 months and 27 lbs at a year. He was a big boy but has always been in the 90 percentile for both height and weight. He was breast fed and my doctors we ways very happy. He was also a spitter and while it did get better by 6 months he still spit up often. So there is more to consider and her doctor would be the one to know if she was overweight.

Spitting up 10 times in an hour is pretty serious. I wonder if baby has horrible GERD and is in pain and eats and eats to feel better, and friend never explored the possibility of severe reflux? That can cause over eating issues in bf or ff babies.

Also, bf babies are often little chunks chunksters, for the first 6 months. When Breastfeeding is going well, they often gain more than their ff counterparts. The. When they start crawling they lose more than ff babies, because they have a healthier day reserve.